Which of the following describes how the relationship between the archbishop and lay people should be?

Numbers are percentages

Gender

Attend Mass1

Age

Income2

Law
resignation3

Faithimportance4

Total

Male

Female

W

M

Y

<Y

18-39

40-64

65+

<40k

40-80k

>80k

Agree

Disagree

Very

Some

Not

The archbishop should set the course and the lay people should follow his lead

14.4

16.1

12.8

19.4

8.2

17.6

7.3

12.3

15.4

15.4

14.5

13.8

12.4

13.4

25.4

17.0

13.3

11.2

The archbishop should respond to the views of the lay people to set a cooperative course

61.0

60.7

61.2

55.3

68.9

58.3

67.1

60.5

62.7

57.0

52.1

60.3

76.2

61.9

55.0

58.6

61.6

64.8

The archbishop should defer to the views of the lay people and provide coordination to meet their needs

20.3

19.0

21.4

20.9

21.8

19.1

20.5

24.2

17.8

19.8

27.9

22.4

9.3

20.7

16.6

20.0

21.4

18.5

Something else

0.9

1.5

0.4

1.3

1.1

1.6

0.6

1.0

1.4

0.9

0.6

0.9

0.8

0.6

1.8

Don't know

2.9

2.1

3.6

3.1

4.9

3.5

2.3

2.6

4.8

3.7

3.0

1.1

3.0

3.0

2.6

1.9

5.5

Refused

0.5

0.6

0.5

0.5

1.6

1.0

0.3

1.3

Notes

1 Survey participants were asked "How often do you attend Mass?" The answers were: Weekly (W); monthly (M); yearly (Y); and less than once a year (<Y).

2 Survey participants were asked "Into which of the following categories does your annual household income belong?" The answers were: Less than $40,000 (<40k); between $40,000 and $80,000 (40-80k); and more than $80,000 (>80k).

3 Survey participants were asked "Did you agree or disagree with Cardinal Law's decision to resign?"

4 Survey participants were asked "How important would you say the Catholic faith is to your everyday life?" The answers were: Very important (Very); somewhat important (Some); and not very important (Not).

Margin of error: +/– 5 percentage points on
questions answered by all Catholics. When pollsters offered choices to the respondents, the choices were rotated so that different options were offered first to different respondents.

This poll of 400 Catholics living in the Archdiocese of Boston was conducted May 4-6, 2003, by KRC/Communications Research.